Guardian
October 2026
‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris
Now in their third week, the protests — backed by unionists, some teachers and radical leftwing opposition politicians — have shaken a government caught between calls for urgent public investment and pressure to reduce France’s ballooning deficit and debt
Young people are not being included in the conversation,
Our future is being stolen from us and, as we have seen here, schools are not getting the investment they need.”
They’re not listening to us, so we’re going to them,
F1 returns to Africa for first time since 1993 with 10-year Rwanda deal from ‘early 2030s’
I’ve always said that we need to have a Grand Prix in Africa. For me, it’s the most important continent and the most beautiful continent. We’re on all the other continents but that one, and there should be no reason for it. It’s something I’ve been pushing for in the background and Stefano’s been amazing.”
Ex-Chicago detective identified as killing child in 65-year cold case
McInerney should never have worn the CPD star, and it is devastating to accept that he was never identified and held accountable while he was alive,
He never paid his dues,
They not only took the life of an eight-year-old child — but left … all who knew and loved her shattered as they searched for answers.”
Investigators also lifted a fingerprint from the strap of Gloria’s purse,
Anne Aly reveals she has received 19 death threats in the last week alone
Some of this material also contains extremely violent themes, including threats of graphic, sexual violence,
This minister and this prime minister should be absolutely shamed and stoned in the square,
AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’
The pioneering computer scientist, whose work helped lay the foundations of modern AI, has since become one of the technology’s most vocal critics
That [figure] is not grounded on science, is not grounded on research. Just because it comes from a scientist doesn’t make it scientific. Those predictions are hurtful,
He’s taken a technical term which has a very clear meaning and then reused it,
Once you start talking about, ‘We have a moral obligation towards these alien beings,’ you lose your audience,
In the long run, huge new breakthroughs come from basic research,
I love [him]. I hate his predictions … All of his predictions have been wrong. Enough predictions,
This paper has no place in a machine learning conference. It’s about neural networks.”
I’m sure the oil and asbestos companies would have liked to [regulate themselves] as well,
When you train them on everything on the internet, they develop all sorts of horrible tendencies and then you get them to repress their horrible tendencies,
I’m trying to convey that there is a really serious possibility of something happening. If, for example, you’re told there was a 10% possibility of a bus crashing, you wouldn’t get on the bus,
We believed that if you could figure out how the brain learned, machines learned the same way, and you had enough compute power, they would do amazing things,
The Social Reckoning isn’t as angry or as potent as a Facebook drama should be
The Social Network, on the other hand, is remarkably nonjudgmental about the basic mechanics of Facebook, rooting its nascent flaws in the human weaknesses that birthed it
US midterm elections: 10 under-the-radar races worth watching
Trill seekers: can scientists use AI and tutors to help birds remember lost songs?
If your song requires a lot of energy you might have to be in quite a good condition to sing it,
Sometimes birds don’t learn very well from CDs or just playbacks. They need some sort of interaction,
There’s such a diversity in songbirds in how they learn,
They didn’t have the richness of sound,
Birds with mismatched songs don’t pair quite as quickly or do quite as well once they’re paired,
It’s still being sung by just a few individuals, pretty close to where we inserted it,
When people talk about biodiversity, we’re always talking about genes, about genetic material,
What they learn is how to put those elements together,
One day we’ll be grateful to have all those records,
Dream of Birds — documentary
Farage denies Reform would let troops shoot small boats after Jenrick’s ‘lethal force’ claim
Our Royal Navy are not allowed, as all armed forces are, to accept an illegal order. We do not shoot unarmed civilians. We do not take military action against civilians,
What we are going to do, and we’re the only political party that has the courage to say this, is deploy the Royal Marines into the Channel. If they need to use lethal force, then they’ll be able to do so,
We want to see these individuals picked up off the boats in a sensible and reasonable way, and taken straight back to France.”
Anybody wearing British military uniform who gets fired at has the right to respond. That’s what he was saying,
Andy Burnham will take Britain back into European Union, Neil Kinnock claims — UK politics live
Andy makes the declaration of his determination to change the relationship, and it’s obvious that his objective is to join again.”
UK shoppers seek deals as grocery price inflation rises again
Lidl led in market share gains over the 12 weeks to 4 October, climbing to 8.6% on the back of a 7.1% increase in sales driven by fruit, vegetables and wine
Halloween and Christmas are two of the most important moments of the year for chocolate confectionery, so falling prices will be welcome news for shoppers and retailers alike.
Chip stocks slide after Broadcom boss likens AI investing to ‘casino’
For now it’s still losing money because they’re spending a lot on training,
A lot of investors have no clue what they are investing in,
When you are a kid you go to a video arcade, you play,
Zelenskyy says Russia ‘did not heed’ Trump’s call for energy ceasefire and gave ‘no early warning’ before strikes on Kyiv — Europe live
Second wave of early prison releases under way in England and Wales
The return of the prodigal son? Why speculation is rising over Josh Frydenberg’s future
There was a whiff of weariness in some corners of parliament this week, as the former treasurer and deputy Liberal leader happily stoked another round of “Josh for Canberra” speculation
I’m surprised Josh Frydenberg isn’t trying to bump me off this program,
Tyson review — deeply icky … and that’s before Trump shows up
[Tyson] just ran over to me and took my head off!”
You can knock him down, you can say bad things about him, you can take away his freedom, but guess what? [He’s] still here.”
One thing must now be clear to Andy Burnham. The rightwing press is on a war footing — and he’s the enemy | Jane Martinson
They can’t decide if [Burnham] is a useless Paddington Bear or red in tooth and claw,
Men’s Rugby League World Cup 2026: group-by-group preview
The nations in the three-team Group B play the three in Group C and vice versa, with the top two from a combined table of both pools going into the semis
South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day five — live
IMF raises UK growth forecast as economist says Healey should ‘stay the course’
In a fillip for the chancellor, who is poised to arrive in Bangkok later this week, the IMF has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK this year, but expects a modest slowdown in 2027 as higher energy prices take their toll
There’s more recently been some labour market data that has also suggested that maybe slack in the labour market has peaked, so the labour market is loose,
Shock, anger and a crackdown: why a contentious electoral revision has sparked outrage
In its latest iteration, the demand is for the removal of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of a controversial electoral rolls revision that has struck 130 million people off the register
I have been in public life and have watched politics for four decades now, and I have never witnessed this kind of preparation for a demonstration. It was extraordinary by any stretch of the imagination,
People have refused to be fearful any longer. They will come again and again,
One, Indian democracy has thwarted attempts to incite anarchy. Two, the country will be governed by parliament, not by the streets,
We will not accept any new or process any pending permanent labour certification applications involving these companies,
Elections are the only mechanism now left for the regime to stamp its legitimacy and election capture is critical to their survival. And therefore, Gyanesh Kumar is critical,
For more than seven decades the ECI took it upon itself, as a duty, to enrol everyone who was eligible to vote. And that was one of the basic differences between how Indian democracy works and how other democracies function, where you need to apply to get enrolled,
IMF raises UK growth forecast in boost for chancellor — business live
This is a highly competitive field, with rivals Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix also hard at work at this edge of innovation
Tuesday briefing: Could Burnham take Britain back towards the EU?
That was a turning point in drawing a line under the bad blood of the Brexit years,
There’s a lot of frustration in Brussels that the UK has been talking a big game on a reset with the EU, without actually changing very much,
From 2016 to 2020, the UK was seen as a model of how not to run your country,
Burnham in retreat over Russia Brexit ‘lies’”.
It’s pretty clear that a decent majority of people would like to push a switch that meant Brexit had never happened,
Putin breaking ‘ceasefire’ on
Card surcharge ban used as ‘cover’ for larger price increases by Australian businesses, experts say
I don’t think there’s any shock in the way this is working”.
There was always an acknowledgement that some businesses would put up their prices. But consumers are better off knowing the price up front,
Following years of above-target inflation, consumers may be more accepting of price rises,
Some of this will take some time to wash through the system,
It should be no surprise that in a high inflation, high interest rate environment that businesses are going to raise their prices,